ETA: if you find the depiction of rape fantasy triggery you probably want to avoid this image (I'm sorry that I did not realise my original warnings/wordings were not clear enough for some).

ETA 2: I was initially uncomfortable about posting this- about how people interpret it- because it is featuring subjects that I'm pretty sensitive about the portrayal of (for those who don't know me, I am in a nutshell: bisexual, a post-op transsexual, and I sometimes crossdress (not for kink)...). There is nothing wrong or shameful about homosexuality, with trans*ness, with gender bending etc.. This is something I normally wouldn't create (the RPS, the cross-dressing in this type of situation/pose, etc), yet in this one particular situation it seemed the best way to try expressing my thoughts/feelings I had to this situation. I was initially pretty upset, like a lot of fen! once i knew what I was going to draw though that faded. The very last thing i worked on was the handwritten answer, and I felt sad when writing it, like I was writing the end of an unrequited love fic.

I replied a little more in comments, but at a certain point, the author is dead- I can't tell people what to think. People will and should have their own interpretations and feelings. Speaking of which, some responses have been posted elsewhere, with some good discussion (and this makes me happy):

ETA 3: For those that do not know, Dr Ogi has been a contestant on multiple game shops. My fanart is manipulated, in part, from his appearance on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. I would not have included exhibitionism as part of this work, if he did not have a history of television appearances, both game shows and talk shows (to promote his book etc). I also wouldn't have made RP-art of him in the first place, if he wasn't already in the public eye.

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Dr Ogi hestitated before answering the survey question about which slashy fan-fic story he would most like to live out.

"That one where Sai was the show host and he turned into a tentacle monster..."

Just my opinion, of course, and you don't know me, so you probably don't care, but I think that this is way, way over the line. So many people have been real class acts in this whole mess and have made me proud to be in fandom. It's a shame to see us stooping to personal insults in such a, frankly, violating way. (Really, we had to go tentacle rape, even as a joke? Really?)

i just came here from linkspam, and i don't find it offensive, but rather successful in, uh, skewering "dr" ogas in several ways.

i don't interpret it as rape. it's right there in writing that "ogi" wants to live out this fantasy of his, in which "sai" turns into a tentacle monster.

if this were an image of a woman in the same context i'd feel exactly the same about it; gender isn't what makes a difference here. the art doesn't leave it up to my imagination whether this is rape or rape fantasy, it spells it out clearly.

now, i generally disdain RPS with a passion, but this is protest art, and that redeems it in this specific context. i also appreciate the third layer that exists for me here because i dislike RPS -- ogi has violated people who took his survey, and RPS violates (IMO) the real people about which it is perpetrated. it seems at least artistic justice has been done.

it's a poignant image. it made me think about my immediate reaction (which was "ewww") and the laughter that followed. can't ask much more from art.

like I said, this is something I normally wouldn't do (the RPS, the cross-dressing...), yet in this one particular situation it seemed the best way to try expressing a bunch of the thoughts I was having.

I was initially pretty upset, like a lot of fen! once i knew what I was going to draw though that faded. The very *last* thing i worked on was the handwritten answer, and I felt kinda sad when writing it, like finishing an unrequited love fic.

This is an apology. There's an explanation attached, but it can wait until I have full access, if anyone cares to hear it.

I said some stupid things. (Details will wait.) Some was poor phrasing on my part, and some was just being argumentative. Just wanted to let you know I'm not going to continue arguing in your journal. (I sent you an email but I don't know if it went through; I don't know your address & access to the journalsphere from work is weird & difficult.)I'm sorry I caused you grief or hassles. Sorry my thoughts on why/how-we-mock came across as condoning deliberate humiliation, and I'm aware why they came across that way--wanted to let you know that wasn't my meaning, and I'm sorry it came across that way (which is my fault), and also sorry I did so at a time when I can't do anything to fix it.

If anyone wants to discuss it with me (or just rant at me), my email is elfwreck at gmail dot com.

People get into heated discussions/arguments when it comes to sensitive subjects. That is to be expected. I would hope anyone reading can tell that your comments are your opinions/ideas, not mine. Same goes really for anyone posting comments- everyone will have their own interpretations and responses- that's the nature of art.